Archie Manning joins Peyton in peddling pizza

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning will be joined by his father, Archie, in a new commercial for Papa Johns pizza that will air during the Super Bowl.

DENVER  Peyton Manning figured one good Papa deserved another.

Mannings father, Archie, is joining his son as a Papa Johns pitchman, spearheading the pizza chains coin-flip promotion at the Super Bowl in the familys hometown of New Orleans.

While he was sitting out last season with his neck injury, Peyton Manning starred in a Papa Johns Super Bowl commercial with Jerome Bettis. Manning was dressed up as a referee. Hey, a mans gotta work, OK? he said to Bettis.

After signing with the Broncos, Peyton Manning invested in 21 of the companys pizza stores in the Denver area. More recently, Papa Johns approached Archie about being a spokesman for the Super Bowl promotion.

Starting Sunday, fans can go online and choose heads or tails for the opening coin toss. The winners will get free pizza.

Only thing that would be better is if the Broncos were playing in the game, Archie Manning said. Or the Giants. Or both. But its going to be good stuff.

Before last season, when Eli Mannings Giants lost the coin toss, the NFC had won 14 consecutive flips. The odds of that happening are around 16,000-1.

On Sunday before the AFC title game, Peyton Manning starred in a commercial with Super Bowl play-by-play man Jim Nantz. Archie Manning will do the on-the-ground and internet promotions.

Archie has starred in commercials with his sons before  most famously an ESPN spot in which Peyton and Eli clown around during a tour of the grounds while Archie looks on disapprovingly.

Before we went into that one, Eli said, Know your lines, Archie Manning said. Anytime you do a commercial with Peyton, you should know your lines. He thinks an eight-hour commercial shoot should take three hours. Hes a perfectionist. The idea always is, Dont bust a play.

Archie Manning joins Peyton in peddling pizza

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Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning will be joined by his father, Archie, in a new commercial for Papa Johns pizza that will air during the Super Bowl.